INTEGRATED APPROACH TO ASSEMBLY SEQUENCE PLANNING OF C0MPLEX PRODUCTS

<正> Assembly sequence planning will be more difficult due to the increasing complexity ofproducts. An integrated approach to assembly sequence planning of complex products applying de-composition-planning-combination strategy is presented. First, an assembly is decomposed into a hier-archical structure using an assembly structure representation based on connectors. Then, an assemblyplanning system is used to generate the sequences that are locally optimal for each leaf partition in thestructure hierarchy. By combining the local sequences systematically in a bottom-up manner andchoosing suitable ones from the merged sequences, the assembly sequence of each parent structureincluding the whole assembly is generated. An integrated system has been completed. A complexproduct is given to illustrate the feasibility and the practicality of the approach.